Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread dark
the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Alex Kenny" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Dark, Before you make that argument, you should probably do a bit of research. Windows 7 i

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Bryan Peterson
s do the things we want. A computer is afterall just a tool. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Alex Kenny" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Dark, Again, I

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Alex Kenny
ec 2011 14:31:44 -0330 > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf > > Hi Dark, > Before you make that argument, you should probably do a bit of > research. Windows 7 includes Windows XP mode, which is a > licensed, > virtual copy of Windows XP. This should solve any proble

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Hayden Presley
looking as far as programming languages are concerned. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:54 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread john
All I can say to that is, do you write any code? Even being a beginning programmer, I can tell you that succh a program is almost if not entirely impossible to right, just due to the massive amount of subtle differences between programming languages. - Original Message - From: shaun ev

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread john
Just as an FYI, the progress bar is actually your position in the audio file. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss run, yes I can type music, downloads or whatever a registered program and up it come. I like the office ribbon, everything is tidier, though it will be another learnin

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Trouble
Sorry, but what you wrote made no sense at all. Want to rethink that thought so your understood? At 04:31 AM 12/13/2011, you wrote: I have not tried this but ms search is loaded with7 I have not my own but I wander if I remove it what will happen. At 05:34 p.m. 12/12/2011 +, you wrote: Hi

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
because most games are made with vb6 thats why. Good by most old games. and the dos stuff to. unless we change that is. At 06:49 p.m. 13/12/2011 +1000, you wrote: why would it kill the blind gaming community? it didn't kill the mainstream, and besides, i believe it would do use better to focus o

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
and aparently its a bit slow to. Its a pitty you can't start in xp mode though. At 01:31 p.m. 12/12/2011 -0500, you wrote: Problem with xp mode is that it only works on win7 pro or ultimate, no home premium users, which is most of what (at least as far as I know) is being sold in computer shops,

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
I have not tried this but ms search is loaded with7 I have not my own but I wander if I remove it what will happen. At 05:34 p.m. 12/12/2011 +, you wrote: Hi Valiant. In fairness I have only tried windows 7 on someone else's system not my own, so haven't had chance to deal with the search

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
on that note, if we knew what files and reg entries were used for 16 bit and all the vb and other stuff that would go away we could probably make a package, install and register all that ourselves as long as they worked that is. I wander if ms would release the stuff to users that are out of da

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
iginal Message - From: "Valiant8086" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi. It's easy to turn off the most recently used programs from displaying in the start menu, just as it is easy

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
- Original Message - From: "QuentinC" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi dark, For the problem you mention with windows 7 start menu, there is a good solution: there is a

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
Yeah its all about cash. If only there was some sort of converter to convert things to what they need to be at, ie vb6 to vb.net, etc. That would make it much easier and there probably is, we just have to look for it. Or make it, it doesn't look like it would be that hard to do. At 03:40 p.m. 1

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
Yeah they did the same with me and had a hybred os, that didn't go down well. So I get your point troubl. At 08:40 a.m. 12/12/2011 -0500, you wrote: They did that option and called it vista! Now if you don't have max ram and high CPU it runs like a brick! Remove the old outdated junk and you got

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
I have not heard about classic start menu, but there is classic shell to, which works to. At 01:41 p.m. 12/12/2011 +0100, you wrote: Hi dark, For the problem you mention with windows 7 start menu, there is a good solution: there is a small program called classic start menu. You will easily fi

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Dallas O'Brien
couldn't tell you. saw it in my many searches of the net, no dout in search of something totally different. ahaha. dallas On 13/12/2011 18:46, shaun everiss wrote: where do you get your info is there a main blog or something for stuff At 10:36 p.m. 12/12/2011 +1000, you wrote: yeah, they are

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Willem Venter
Hi. I only agree with one thing you said and that is the fact that VB6 is a sinking ship. We need a fail safe way to keep playing the VB6 games and insure we don't lose them. And I don't believe keeping a virtual machine that takes up a few odd gigs and runs slowly is the best answer. As for being

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Dallas O'Brien
why would it kill the blind gaming community? it didn't kill the mainstream, and besides, i believe it would do use better to focus on helping mainstream games get access built in anyways. dallas On 13/12/2011 18:38, shaun everiss wrote: I am also affraid for the community at large. We will b

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
where do you get your info is there a main blog or something for stuff At 10:36 p.m. 12/12/2011 +1000, you wrote: yeah, they are getting rid of them, cause people really don't like them. so yes, they do listen. but removing something sometimes is harder then putting it in, without messing someth

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf yep, and its exactly because of the backwards compatibility that we all love windows. you can run anything, on nearly anything. yes, thats changing, but it has to, at some p

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
microsoft considder keeping it so? Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf yep, and its exactly because of

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
I like bits and pieces of win7 menus. 1. the search box. I never need to interact with the menu again. run, yes I can type music, downloads or whatever a registered program and up it come. I like the office ribbon, everything is tidier, though it will be another learning curve. What I really ha

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
I am also affraid for the community at large. We will be definately left in the dark after we go fully 64 and especially if and when ms stop 32 bit production. Xp has always done things ok, and some still say its faster. I have not found any advantage access wise in win7 or the latest office ve

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
yeah i have much the same kind of setup. though, i don't use that much in the way of older games anymore. so its not to bad on my part. i am waiting for the newer, better, and more fun games to come out! dallas On 13/12/2011 16:39, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Dallas, Thanks. I stand corrected abou

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yes, Windows Classic Shell gives you back the classic Windows 9x era start menu, or at least something close to it. WCS also makes some other modifications like in Windows Explorer to give you the classic copy and replace dialog rather than the new one from Vista/Windows 7. Windows Clasic

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Thanks. I stand corrected about it coming preinstalled with Pro/Ultimate, but like we've both said the option is available for those who need it. Although, I've heard unless you have a pretty high-end system the XP virtual machine runs slow. So unfortunately that is a potential problem

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Sure. I realize it was just a beta, and if what you say is true about Microsoft reversing their decision about the ribbons my guess is they will yank those sometime between now and the final release. I guess it all depends on how much money MS stands to lose by keeping them around. Ch

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
bare in mind, that the developer windows 8 isn't exactly how its going to look at final production. so they may well remove those before the full version comes out. but never the less, they are looking in to getting rid of it at some point. if not in 8, then the next version perhaps dallas On

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
haven't yet been able to test the xp mode out, even though i have pro on my toshiba, i have yet to download the virtual machine and xp image. they don't actually come with it, you have to download them. but yes, the support is definatly there. dallas On 13/12/2011 15:35, Thomas Ward wrote: H

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Sorry, but you are out of luck. I've seen the Windows 8 beta and the ribbons are a standard part of the Windows 8 user interface.For instance, if you open up Windows Explorer you are now greeted with a nice ribbon across the top of the screen instead of the typical menu bar. Plus all t

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, That is true. Technically the DirectX end user license forbids installing the components separately out side of the official Microsoft installer, and of course dx7vb.dll and dx8vb.dll do not ship with newer DirectX runtime distributions. From a legal standpoint its a lose-lose situatio

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, that's where Ebay and places like that come in handy. I've seen old Pentium 133 computers with Windows 95 on them for like $15. You could purchase the computer or find someone on there selling Windows 95 separately on the cheep and install it in a virtual machine. That's really the only

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Actually, this already exists. I don't know if you know this but Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate come with a licensed Windows XP virtual machine complete with the VB 6 runtime libraries and the whole nine yards. Granted you have to pay extra for Windows XP backwards compatib

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
quot;Alex Kenny" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Dark, Again, I really think you're misrepresenting Microsoft here. Microsoft actually spends a huge amount of resources supporting

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Dark, That should be an easy fix, adding three digits to the mission number for Lone Wolf is something I am sure he has been aware of. Phil --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or u

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
Problem with xp mode is that it only works on win7 pro or ultimate, no home premium users, which is most of what (at least as far as I know) is being sold in computer shops, using Best BUy Buy as my basis. - Original Message - From: Alex Kenny research. Windows 7 includes Windows XP mod

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
As far as wifi goes, win7 connects in five seconds flat. This is quite a lot faster than even a high-end xp laptop, which took around 30. - Original Message - From: "dark" In fairness I have only tried windows 7 on someone else's system not my own, so haven't had chance to deal with t

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
Of course, there are people who still use 98 today, myself being one of them. As a matter of fact, when my win 7 machine crashed a while back, it took me well under an hour to be able to do all of my mandatory things on 98. The only thing I really had to do was dig up some flash drivers, and put

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
r people as well if it doesn't actually > let us do the things we want. > > A computer is afterall just a tool. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Kenny" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Mond

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
we want. A computer is afterall just a tool. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Alex Kenny" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Dark, Again, I really thi

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Valiant. In fairness I have only tried windows 7 on someone else's system not my own, so haven't had chance to deal with the search box. As I said though, for me it's really because I'd rather see where things are and physically go and pick them up and put down, rather than trust an autom

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
thought there were more, however you need to swap folders sinse lw stops counting at 99. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated L

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
- Original Message - > From: "Willem Venter" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf > > >> Hi dark. >> Microsoft only invests development time w

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Yea... But what do you do about the classic games? Surely, there are still many people in the world who want to use the old games. But running an outdated operating system like Windows 95 or older on modern PCs isn't an option when the os doesn't get along with your hardware due to a lack of dr

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I don't want to judge anyone. But there is a difference here. Fine if MS wants to remove VB 6 support. It is a developer's job to do something about a programs compatibility. But what should someone do as an end user? It is not my fault if a program screams about missing DLLs... OK, I

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
s O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf actually, your info is rong here. the rybons are beeing removed, because they have taken on the feedback that they aren't liked.

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Christopher Bartlett
From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:40 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf As I said valliant, I just don't like relying on a search box, I prefer to physically

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
nt. I'll probably get that program quentin mentioned. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message ----- From: "Valiant8086" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi. It's ea

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, David Greenwood just answered a question about what will be in Lone Wolf 4. From David: My plans have exceeded that original document, which was primarily all the new parser commands, and if you remember, there is a whole bunch. This is great for developing more complex missions, and

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
ut. Certainly when I do have to get windows 7 I'll have a look for that program. i've heard of classic shell before, but I don't think that covers the start menue. Beware the grue! Dark. ----- Original Message - From: "QuentinC" To: "Gamers Discussion lis

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
t;Willem Venter" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi dark. Microsoft only invests development time where they stand to gain or lose money. For the most part, even dropping support for vb was ba

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
bout low vision and other access changes too). Beware the grue! DArk. - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf actually, the bett

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
ave a look for that program. i've heard of classic shell before, but I don't think that covers the start menue. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "QuentinC" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:41 PM Subject: Re

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Willem Venter
Hi dark. Microsoft only invests development time where they stand to gain or lose money. For the most part, even dropping support for vb was based on the fact that they were forcing developers to switch to vb.net so they could sell them a new set of development tools. The basic programming syntax s

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
They did that option and called it vista! Now if you don't have max ram and high CPU it runs like a brick! Remove the old outdated junk and you got win7 or even 8. At 08:13 AM 12/12/2011, you wrote: Frankly dallas where games are concerned, I couldn't give a monkies how good the newer codes ar

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
Like how you put the below. Now if you could get those useless brick heads at freedom Scientific to do the same with rebuilt jaws, and not just slip the new code into the old junk. Even there scripts need a total rework. There are scripts used for program that have not changed sense written an

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
actually, the better codes, = better gaming possibilities. so yes, it makes a different. dallas On 12/12/2011 23:13, dark wrote: Frankly dallas where games are concerned, I couldn't give a monkies how good the newer codes are. As I said, I don't really care about how powerful or anything els

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
ink that covers the start menue. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "QuentinC" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi dark, For the problem you menti

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Frankly dallas where games are concerned, I couldn't give a monkies how good the newer codes are. As I said, I don't really care about how powerful or anything else a system is, I care about what I can do with it. That's why i stil have a snes, sinse I can play all the game i rather like on

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
Well if you don't let how it rearranges things. Go into the setting and change it. They call that customizing. I do it for ever op I use. known of my ops look or feel like basic. If more people went in the setting and tweaked what they need. Half of the questions asked "how to do this.". Would

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread QuentinC
Hi dark, For the problem you mention with windows 7 start menu, there is a good solution: there is a small program called classic start menu. You will easily find it on google. This program is very light, and replace the crappy mmixed up windows 7 start menu with a classic start menu like W98

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
yeah, they are getting rid of them, cause people really don't like them. so yes, they do listen. but removing something sometimes is harder then putting it in, without messing something up. so its taken them a bit. dallas On 12/12/2011 22:29, dark wrote: hMMMHmmm dallas, that's more than I've

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
it so? Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf yep, and its exactly because of the backwards compatibility

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
hMMMHmmm dallas, that's more than I've heard as yet. I thought windows 8 stil had them, though I might be wrong. If so, I'm glad and hope microsoft go back to something more logical. Beware the grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
So if this is the reason we all love windows, why don't microsoft considder keeping it so? Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Tom. My problem with the start menue generally in 7, and indeed most of the interface, is that it all works contextually. For the past 12 or so years, I've learnt my way around the insides of windows by looking at what things are where, and putting things in places that I can easily find

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
actually, your info is rong here. the rybons are beeing removed, because they have taken on the feedback that they aren't liked. dallas On 12/12/2011 22:04, dark wrote: Hi Tom. I do generally appreciate the point that better applications for doing tasks like brousing the internet or text edi

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Tom. I do generally appreciate the point that better applications for doing tasks like brousing the internet or text editing exist, - certainly I wouldn't go back to using the old word perfect 4 which i learnt typing on as a teenager. However with microsoft it seems quite often they j

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, As Phil wrote a little earlier David Greenwood released a long list of changes in version 4.0 around three or four years ago. Unfortunately I can not lay my hands on that particular e-mail, but I can say a lot of the changes were pretty substantial. Its not a simple case of David just rew

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden and all, Actually, the last time I got a progress report on Lone Wolf 4.0 there were suppose to be a number of changes planned. I don't remember them all but I do remember mission creators could customize the sub, increase or decrease the number of torpedoes carried into combat, rear fac

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Alex, Yes, definitely true. I am no Microsoft fan myself, but I think people are being just a little too harsh over this issue of Visual Basic compatibility etc. Microsoft has good reasons for removing Visual Basic support even if some of us don't necessarily agree with them. Its not because t

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Shaun, Um...Its not just that 16-bit support is broken, but was completely removed from 64-bit versions of Windows 7. I don't know all of Microsoft's reasoning behind it, but I can't really blame them for dropping support for 16-bit games and applications. All of that software is for Windows 95 an

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I certainly understand why you feel the way you do about Windows compatibility issues--I'm certain most end users are likely to see things your way--but because you aren't a software developer you aren't seeing the other side of the issue. Which is simply this. First, Microsoft has a lon

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Dallas O'Brien
yep, and its exactly because of the backwards compatibility that we all love windows. you can run anything, on nearly anything. yes, thats changing, but it has to, at some point. dallas On 12/12/2011 08:44, Alex Kenny wrote: Hi, Actually, Microsoft goes to great lengths to ensure backward-com

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, I happen to agree with you that Vista and Windows 7's start menu is superior to the XP start menu, but I think the resistance to it is simply some people don't want to change. Its the same old story, "the more things change the more people stay the same." I think its safe enough to say

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, Interesting. This sounds good though as we will get a fresh new rewrite of the program, and it looks like David Greenwood is looking at Windows 8 compatibility and beyond. This is all to the good for us, and I'm sure is well worth an upgrade fee. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ Ga

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Christopher Bartlett
Dark, I accept that there is truth in what you say, but given that OS upgrades often address a myriad of things from security concerns to new technology, I think yours is perhaps an unfair attribution of motive. And I do have to be the meanie-head and ask, yes, and where is Amiga now? Chr

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Hayden Presley
4:20 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf hi dark, its less to do with the fact that microsoft are to lazy to, but more that times have moved on, and we now have ways of doing things in a far more efitiant ways for newer computers. and as has been p

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Alex Kenny
Hi, Actually, Microsoft goes to great lengths to ensure backward-compatibility, much more than many other tech companies. If Microsoft behaved like Apple, i can garuntee that you would not be able to run VB games on modern machines, because MS would have removed support from their OS as soon as the

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Dallas O'Brien
h significant gameplay changes, and leaving lone wolf version 3 as the distinct lone wolf. beware the grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone W

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Dallas O'Brien
grade to the game, with significant gameplay changes, and leaving lone wolf version 3 as the distinct lone wolf. beware the grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [Audyssey] pl

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread shaun everiss
well dark ms has never listened to the customer, well if they do not really much. Upgrading is usually better, unless there is a problem. Old hardware, or being disabled no matter what it is. It just makes everyone have to upgrade. Until nvda came along we had to pay for reader upgrades and some

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2011-12-11 Thread dark
Hi Alex. As I said I'm not annoyed that Microsoft update their os, they have to, even if we don't like some of their decisions on interfaces etc. it just seems though that they don't give a dam about running older programs, games or anything else, they just claime "newer = better" it seems

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2011-12-11 Thread shaun everiss
he grue! > > dark. > - Original Message - > From: "Phil Vlasak" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:59 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf > > >> Hi Folks, >> I'm pasting a messag

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2011-12-11 Thread shaun everiss
bject: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf > > Hi Folks, > I'm pasting a message from David about his games. > > - Original Message - > From: "GMAGames - David Greenwood" > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:27 PM > Subject: [GMAGamesTalk]

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2011-12-11 Thread shaun everiss
bject: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Folks, I'm pasting a message from David about his games. - Original Message - From: "GMAGames - David Greenwood" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:27 PM Subject: [GMAGamesTalk] Re: Any plans for an updated Lone Wolf?

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2011-12-11 Thread Alex Kenny
e game? > > personally I'd be more in favour of David writing a sequal rather than a > version upgrade to the game, with significant gameplay changes, and leaving > lone wolf version 3 as the distinct lone wolf. > > beware the grue! > > dark. > - Original Message

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2011-12-11 Thread dark
rolls around. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Hayden, David is not re-writing Lone Wolf version 3, h

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2011-12-11 Thread Charles Rivard
" - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Hayden, David is not re-writing Lone Wolf version 3, he is re-writing Lone Wolf version 4, a

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2011-12-11 Thread Phil Vlasak
f Conflict. Phil - Original Message - From: "Hayden Presley" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi,I Understand the work required, but I don't understand wh

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2011-12-11 Thread Hayden Presley
e to be no changes to actual gameplay. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of william lomas Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:30 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lon

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2011-12-11 Thread Phil Vlasak
scussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Phil. Out of interest were there any major gameplay changes associated with lone wolf version 4? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the li

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2011-12-11 Thread william lomas
om: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On > Behalf Of Phil Vlasak > Sent: 11 December 2011 14:59 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf > > Hi Folks, > I'm pasting a message from David about his games.

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2011-12-11 Thread Darren Harris
: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Folks, I'm pasting a message from David about his games. - Original Message - From: "GMAGames - David Greenwood" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:27 PM Subject: [GMAGamesTalk] Re: Any plans for an updated Lone Wolf? >

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2011-12-11 Thread dark
" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Folks, I'm pasting a message from David about his games. - Original Message - From: "GMAGames - David Greenwood" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:27 PM Subject: [G

[Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, I'm pasting a message from David about his games. - Original Message - From: "GMAGames - David Greenwood" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:27 PM Subject: [GMAGamesTalk] Re: Any plans for an updated Lone Wolf? Hi all, After reviewing my schedule and looking at what i ha